 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1863 - 438 pages
...arc the poetry of heaven! 1'f in your bright leaves1 we would read the fate Of men and empires—'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great,...mortal state, And claim a kindred with you; for ye 1 are A beauty and a mystery, and create In us 1 such love and reverence from afar, That fortune, fame,... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 530 pages
...distil, Weeping themselves- away till they infuse Deep intf Nature's breast the spirit of her hues. 7 Ye stars ! which are the poetry of heaven, If, in...leaves, we would read the fate Of men and empires, — 't is to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their mortal... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1863 - 614 pages
...distill, Weeping themselves away till they infuse Deep into Nature's breast the spirit of her hues. 8. Ye stars! which are the poetry of heaven, If, in your bright leaves, we would read the fate Of men and empire.*, — 'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 528 pages
...infuse Deep into Nature's breast the spirit of her hues. 7 Ye stars ! which are the poetry of heaven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their mortal state, Ind claim a kindred with you ; for ye are A beauty and a mystery, and create In us such love and reverence... | |
 | Golden gleanings - 1863 - 342 pages
...Deep into Nature's breast the spirit of her hues. Ye stars ! which are the poetry of heaven ! If iu your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires, — 't is to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their mortal... | |
 | William Rounseville Alger - 1864 - 936 pages
...heaven's infinite hospitality. " Ye stars, which are the poetry of heaven I If in your bright leaves wo would read the fate Of men and empires, 'tis to be...o'erleap their mortal state And claim a kindred with yon; for ye ore A beauty and a mystery, and create In us such love and reverence from afar That fortune,... | |
 | William Rounseville Alger - 1864 - 1058 pages
...men and empires, 'tis to l>e forgiven, That, in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'crleap their mortal state And claim a kindred with you ;...A beauty and a mystery, and create In us such love anil reverence from afar That fortune, fame, power, life, have named themselves a star." What a sweep... | |
 | William Rounseville Alger - 1864 - 938 pages
...leaved we would read the fat« Of men and empires, 'tis to be forgiven, That, In our aspirations'to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their mortal state...claim a kindred with you ; for ye are A beauty and n mystery, and create In us such love and reverence from afar That fortune, fame, power, life, have... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1864 - 334 pages
...strongly to the poetry that lies at the bottom of every heart. And as Byron finely says — If in their bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires — 'tis to be forgiven, That in oar aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their mortal state, And claim a kindred with them... | |
 | William Rounseville Alger - 1864 - 934 pages
...gravitation of his thoughts are upward, into the eternal bosom of heaven's infinite hospitality. " Ye stan, which are the poetry of heaven ! If in your bright leaves we would read the late Of men ami empires, 'tis to be forgiven, That, in our aspirations to be great, Our dcetiniee o'erleap... | |
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Ye stars ! which are the poetry of heaven, If in your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires, — 'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you ; for... 
